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Due to the size limitations of the arena, the length of the football field was only 80 yards. In the 1932 season, the Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans tied for first place in the league, and played an "unofficial" championship playoff game at Chicago Stadium on December 18. The Bears won 9–0 and captured the championship before 11,198 fans.
Since the NFL's first season in 1920, the league title had been awarded to the team with the best regular season record based on winning percentage with ties excluded.. While four of the first six championships were disputed, only once (in 1921) did two teams finish tied for first place in the standings: the Chicago Staleys, who became the Bears the following year, and the Buffalo All ...
Due to blizzard conditions in Chicago, the game was played at Chicago Stadium, [32] [33] marking it as the first indoor American football game. The success of the playoff game led the NFL to institute a championship game. In the first NFL Championship, the Bears played against the New York Giants, defeating them 23–21.
The Chicago Bears franchise was founded as the Decatur Staleys, a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1921 and changed its name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the APFA changed its name to the National Football League (NFL).
1985 NFC Divisional Playoff: New York Giants 0, Chicago Bears 21. The last home playoff game was in 1963, when the team played in Wrigley Field. 1985 NFC Championship Game: Los Angeles Rams 0, Chicago Bears 24. This was the first NFC Championship held here. [53] 1986 NFC Divisional Playoff: Washington 27, Chicago Bears 13.
The new Chicago Bears Stadium is a proposed fixed-roof stadium to be constructed on the Museum Campus in Chicago, Illinois or possibly in Arlington Heights, Illinois at the site of the former Arlington Park Race Track. It would be the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Construction is hoped for 2025 and is hoped to ...
The NFL's Chicago Bears called Wrigley Field home from 1921 to 1970 before making the move to Soldier Field, where they still play today. ... Five NFL championship games were played at Wrigley ...
Soldier Field in Chicago is the oldest, having opened in 1924; however, the Bears did not play at Soldier Field until 1971 and did not play there in 2002 while the stadium was under reconstruction, and thus the oldest continuously operating stadium in the NFL is Lambeau Field, hosting the Green Bay Packers since its opening in 1957.